Hello and welcome to Daily English — where we don’t just learn words, we learn understanding.
Today’s idiom is about confusion — about when we listen, but don’t really get it.
The phrase is: “miss the point.”
Imagine your friend says, “Money isn’t everything,”
and someone replies, “Of course it is — you need it to live!”
They’ve completely missed the point.
What do you think it means?
To miss the point means to fail to understand the main idea or message.
Examples:
The joke was funny, but he missed the point and took it seriously.If you think this story is about fame, you’re missing the point — it’s really about kindness.
Arguing about small details means we miss the point of what really matters.
Listening is not just hearing words — it’s hearing meaning.
When we slow down, we stop missing the point.
Have you ever missed the point of something — and realized it only later?
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